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adj
Having stunted growth
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: usually
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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adj
Impoverished.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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adj
Having a limited biodiversity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To impoverish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Synonyms: beggar, depauperize, ruin, depauperate, destitute, embeggar, empoverish, immiserate, impoor, impoverish, pauperize, poor, poverish
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verb
To stunt the growth of.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
From Middle English depauperat (“impoverished”), from Medieval Latin depauperātus (“impoverished”), past participle of depauperō (“to impoverish”), itself from Latin de- + pauperō (“to impoverish”), from pauper (“poor”). Equivalent to de- + pauper + -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Cognate with Italian depauperare, Spanish depauperar.
From the above adjective; see -ate for more. Equivalent to de- + pauper + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
